Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Georgia

Ethics of Plagiarizing Legal Terms

I am in the process of determining corporate legal terms of use and would like to model my terms after an existing legal document from another corporation. Is it lawful and ethical to use jargon from other established businesses if the legal terms of an agreement depict a similar method? For example, cell phone plan usage contracts may be very similar for Cingular and Verizon. Therefore, the legal terms in the contract may be very similar ... even exact. Is this legal?


Asked on 8/04/05, 7:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys

Re: Ethics of Plagiarizing Legal Terms

I'm not quite sure what you mean, but generally, terms in legal contracts are not protected material and, as such, are free to be copied.

If you would like to discuss any issues further, please feel free to contact my office. My contact information is below. Thank you.

The foregoing is general information only, not specific legal advice. No attorney/client relation has been created or should be implied.

Glenn M. Lyon, Esq

MacGregor Lyon, LLC

Promenade II

1230 Peachtree Street NE

Suite 1900

Atlanta Georgia 30309

Phone 404.942.3545

Fax 404.795.0993

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www.macgregorlyon.com

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Answered on 8/05/05, 11:27 am


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